Hi Lloyd I have made a small 50Litre brewer made from an old stainless steel LPG cylinder with a couple of air stones an air pump it cost me about $60. I have used worm compost worm leachate, comphrey tea with some equisetum and barrel compost,humic acid, hydroslated fish kelpand rockdust to produce a rich smelling frothy ttea in about 24 hrs. I have been aiming for a balanced fungal/bacterial tea this has been fed to the crop through the trickle and overhead irrigation. I have been impressed on simple and easy it is to make and use. Even tho we have had one of the most difficult growing seasons for a long time I am very impressed with the quality of my crops .Best yet. Have you had any sample testes by SFW yet? They do not have their NZ lab up and running yet so I am relying on ones senses and leaving the brew in an air tight bottle overnight. Next brew I make I will test it by dowsing. Cheers Tony R NZ DownUnder
> > On a different tack - I have some compost tea brewing - yes! aerated tea > just like the experts tell us to do. Only in my old rectangular milk vat > with paddle stirrer and sump pump recirculating the brew for aeration. I am > struck by how absurdly simple it is to do now that I have got the basic > principle figured out and have got away from all the hype of fancy, > expensive, machines, and super duper -you beaut, expensive feeds. > In 400 gal I put about 40 to 50 lb of good (BD prep'ed) compost (in a bag > made from plastic flyscreen mesh) , which included a couple double handfuls > each of BD Barrel compost and fresh Worm castings. Then for food 2 litres of > molasses,1 litre liquid kelp, a beancan of powdered humate. It seems to me > that low rates of feeding are the key to making aerobic tea with > "unsuitable" equipment. > This is just like biodynamics - experts make it seem toooooooo complicated > when its really simple - so people turn away or dont do it for fear of doing > it wrong. > Cheers all > Lloyd Charles > >
